The Washington Capitals tonight traveled to play the New York Islanders at Nassau Veterans Coliseum, a place where they have won nine of the last eleven games they have played in. That stat along with the occurrence of power plays more towards the New York side sure didn’t help the Caps tonight as they lose to the Isles 3-2 in overtime. The Isles with this win have won their fifth straight ga...

The Washington Capitals came into Arizona tonight in hopes of exacting revenge on the Coyotes for what happened back on November 2nd in D.C. when Arizona scored five straight goals over two periods to upset the Caps 6-5 after being down 3-1. Washington successfully achieved their revenge tonight winning in overtime by a score of 2-1 thanks to the players on the bottom two lines who sometimes do...

Caps forward Brooks Laich, the longest tenured player on Washington’s squad, returned to the lineup tonight in Chicago for the first time since injuring his shoulder back on Oct. 18th when Washington played against the Florida Panthers. All of Washington’s losses during their losing streak and total on the season have come when Laich was not in the lineup (1-5-1 without Laich). The Caps bro...

The Washington Capitals and the Detroit Red Wings came into to Verizon Center tonight with the same exact record on the season. Last season in all three of the contests between these two teams, an overtime or shootout period was needed. That was not the case in this game as the Red Wings defeated the Caps in regulation by a score of 4-2. With this loss thanks to penalties and bad passing the Ca...

After winning their last two games the Washington Capitals were expected to get an easy win tonight against a lowly Edmonton Oilers team that they swept last season in the season series and has the longest playoff drought in the NHL (last appearance 2005-06, lost to Carolina in Stanley Cup Finals). It was the Oilers who came out on top winning by a score of 3-2 with four of the five total goals...

The Washington Capitals tonight faced a New Jersey Devils team that won 3 of the 4 games played in the series last year and is notably the oldest team in NHL with 13 players older than age 30. In their first Metropolitan Division matchup of the season the Caps burned the Devils by a score of 6-2 ending New Jersey’s undefeated start to the 2014-15 season. Washington improves their record to 2-...

Tonight the Washington Capitals began the 2014-15 season celebrating their 40 anniversary of when the first puck ever was dropped in the first ever game played on this day 1974. With their new head coach Barry Trotz, new players and new front office the Caps faced the Montreal Canadians tonight for the first time ever in a season opener in hopes of starting the new season off on a high note aft...

TAMPA, Fla. — It is official, the 2014-15 National Hockey League has began after the completion of the Media Day’s activities hosted by the league in New York City.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman arrived in the Big Apple, Sunday evening. After a good night sleep, Hedman woke up in Manhattan and then went off to work Monday morning just across the river at the Prudential Ce...

TAMPA, Fla. — The air inside the Tampa Bay Lightning practice facility at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum was thick with anticipation and what seemed like every pair of eyes including the stares from Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper and General Manager Steve Yzerman was on the ice and they were watching the man on the ice as he just went on with his business-skating.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning’s coach Jon Cooper, says that, he just wants to keep things nice and quite around the home of the Lightning, the Tampa Bay Times Forum, as he continues to make preparation for the 2014-15 National Hockey League season.
The first order of business it seemed for Cooper and his staff is, to make sure that the team’s captain Steve Stamkos is 100 percent h...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Being raised by both parents and growing up in the Motor City in the 60‘s, life just seemed easier, less worries and there were always plenty of sports franchises for the average sports fan to follow.
Football fans got to watch the wayward Detroit Lions, inventing new ways to lose football games-some things never change. We all felt the healing power for a city recov...

Having won only one game in their last six, the Washington Capitals desperately needed to win tonight in St. Louis against a tough Blues team that has been struggling lately. The Caps beat the Blues 4-1 back on November 17th and tonight it was the same score different date and place as the they avoid elimination for one more night. This win tonight was Washington's first regulation win since Ma...